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Sin affects our entire being, including our ability to love, our capacity to
reason, and our physical bodies. The longer we persist in sin, the harder it
is to see and do the will of God, so we must endeavor ...Read More

Are you conscious of the intimate way in which you are connected to all
other believers? Your sins and holiness impact other Christians, for you share
an inseparable link to them (Eph. 4:15–16). One of the key motivations ...Read More

The church’s greatest advancements in understanding doctrine have come
when great heresies have threatened the church. The Arian controversy
helped believers delimit the canon’s teaching on the Trinity. Crises over
justification and the authority of Scripture led to ...Read More

Do you consider yourself a minister in the church? Although you might never
be ordained to a church office, your gifts are critical to the healthy functioning
of Christ’s body. Determining your specific role may not be easy, but ...Read More

All Christians rest upon the teaching of the apostles and prophets in sacred
Scripture, but God has ordained that evangelists, pastors, and teachers are
also necessary for healthy spiritual growth. The Lord does not ordinarily bring
us to maturity through ...Read More

Christ’s ascension to the right hand of God the Father demonstrates His
sovereign authority to distribute good gifts to us as He wills. Because He has
conquered death and hell, Jesus can give what is best to each of ...Read More

Christ bestows gifts upon His people as He sees fit, guaranteeing that all of
us have an important part to play in the advance of His kingdom (1 Cor.
12:1–11). As Christians, then, we must truly appreciate the ...Read More

Water baptism does not guarantee that the person baptized has true faith
in the Messiah, but it is so closely tied to the baptism of the Spirit we receive
at conversion that people should not be rebaptized even if they ...Read More

Although we all have different roles in the body of Christ, our call is the same
— to live together in loving unity with other believers as we worship the Lord
in the beauty of His holiness and proclaim the gospel ...Read More

We cannot sacrifice truth for the sake of a superficial visible unity, which is
an error evident in the liberal arm of the ecumenical movement. Still, we
should not think that all efforts at visible church unity represent liberalism,
for ...Read More

Living in a manner worthy of our calling is not following a legalistic checklist
of do’s and don’ts. Instead, it is a gratitude-inspired pursuit of God-given
growth in personal holiness. Even though this is our duty, it should ...Read More

We can too easily fall back under the sway of sin, which makes our hearts “deceitful beyond all things” (Jer. 17:9). We can trick ourselves into thinking our anger is godly when it is not pleasing to the Lord ...Read More